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Number 10 Tunnel Prospect

Occurrence in Sanders county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019038
MRDS ID DC08386
Record type Site
Current site name Number 10 Tunnel Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.7857, 47.33488 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 1/4 MI N OF QUINNS HOT SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sanders(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quinns Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Plains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Clark Fork(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lolo National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Sanders

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 018N 025W 09 Montana

Comments on the location information

  • ON NORTH SIDE OF CLARK FORK JUST S OF THE NO. 10 TUNNEL OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC R.R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Silver Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result 10 INCH SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN ASSAYED 11.1 % PB, 0.02 OZ/TON AU AND 4 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.7857, 47.33488
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD/LENS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 37 SW
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Plane

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: 3-12 INCH VEINS, 11.1% PB, 0.02 OZ AU, 4 OZ AG/TON

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Plains Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY ONE ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 : MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 26 .

  • Deposit

    CROWLEY, F. A., 1963 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS (EXCEPT FUELS) SANDERS COUNTY, MONTANA: MONTANA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 34 , P. 26 .

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-13-1963

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN PARALLELS BEDDING AND RANGES FROM 3 TO 12 INCHES IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1979 Rojstaczer, Stuart A. U.S. Geological Survey

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